Next Eucharistic Congress in Budapest

23/09/2017

CEBU (Agencies): Pope Francis announced
on January 31, the last day of the Eucharistic Congress in Cebu, The
Philippines, that the next gathering will be hosted by Budapest in
Hungary in 2020.

The pope made the announcement in a taped
video shown to the hundreds of thousands of people gathered for the
closing Mass of the congress at the South Road Properties in Cebu City, CBCP News reported.

"I am happy to announce that the next
International Eucharistic Congress will take place in 2020 in Budapest,
Hungary," Pope Francis said, as a thunderous applause erupted at the
gathering.

Hungarian flags were seen waving in the crowd.

It will be the second time that the
congress has been held in Hungary. The first was also in Budapest in
1938, just one year after Manila became the first city in Asia to hold
the event. It is now held every four years.